Federal health officials say a salmonella outbreak linked to a large egg recall has made dozens of people sick in a number of states in the Midwest and the West, including Nevada and California.
On Friday, the August Egg Company recalled nearly 2 million brown organic and brown cage-free egg varieties distributed to grocery stores because of the potential for salmonella. The CDC says 79 people have gotten a strain of the bacterial infection that was linked to the eggs, and 21 people have been hospitalized.
The egg cartons have sell-by dates from March 4 to June 19, 2025.
Illness usually occurs within 12 to 72 hours after eating food contaminated with salmonella, and the symptoms, including diarrhea, fever, and cramps, usually last four to seven days.
